+--+---++------------------------+-------------------------------------+ |@ | @ || _Prognostix._ | _DOUGH NUTS._ | +--+---++------------------------+-------------------------------------+ | 1| F || @ @ _Mad dogs_ | | | 2| S || _seen_ @ muzzle | I hav alwus notised one thing, | | 3| G || yure @ _8_ | when a man gits in a tite spot, he | | 4| M || @ children @ | dont never call on hiz friend the | | 5| T || @ look out | Devil tew help him out. | | 6| W || for a hotness @ @ | | | 7| T || @ owe no @ | * * * * * | | 8| F || man @ keep cool @ | | | 9| S || _hail storm_ @ _hail_ | The man who haz just found | |10| G || @ @ _stones_ @ @ | out that he kant afford tew burn | |11| M || _weigh sevral_ @ | green wood, haz taken hiz fust | |12| T || _tons_ @ @ that | lesson in econemy. | |13| W || iz all @ @ @ | | |14| T || that fell @ _the_ | * * * * * | |15| F || @ _hot iz more_ @ @ @ | I think now if I had all the | |16| S || _hot 8_ @ @ saw | money that iz due me i would | |17| G || @ horses begin @ | invest it in a saw mill,--and let | |18| M || tew pant @ @ | her rip. | |19| T || @ _wet shower_ @ | | |20| W || @ @ _more_ @ @ @ | * * * * * | |21| T || @ _warm_ @ | | |22| F || @ @ a penny | A good wife iz a sweet smile | |23| S || saved iz @ @ | from heaven. | |24| G || @ worth @ two _8_ | | |25| M || lost @ @ pray | * * * * * | |26| T || for ice @ @ | | |27| W || @ @ flys lively | A big noze iz sed to be a sighn | |28| T || @ now harvest | ov genius,--if a mans genius lays | |29| F || rye for @ _8_ | in hiz noze, i should say the sighn | |30| S || whiskee @ @ | waz a good one. | |31| G || | | +--+---++------------------------+-------------------------------------+ _AUGUST MONOGRAPH._ This month, for sum reazon, haz got a hot way ov doing things. Awl natur unties her corsets and loafs bi the side ov brooks, with stockingless feet, tew ketch the cool words ov singing waters, and watch the bubles ov sweet, that rize on the noze ov the green frog, az they set down on themselfs, on the moss upholstered stones.